Birthday greetings in the age of facebook

September 5, 2011

Someone of whom I am rather fond recently received three dozen birthday greetings via Facebook. Three dozen! I haven’t gotten that many birthday wishes since the second grade.

So there is at least one blessing derived from social media…connectivity.

I have often wondered if the ease with which we can connect via our networks actually diminishes its value. About that time I get a message, or a note, or I read something on someone else’s page, and I am blessed. So the value is verified.

I am horrible at making phone calls, just ask my mom, or my brothers and sisters. I won’t make excuses, I just admit my horribleness. And I am barely worth the bother on Facebook. But I have come to realize that anything we use to keep connected in an age of disconnection is a good thing, simply because it does keep us connected.

So I’ll keep posting trite trivia and meaningless minutiae, in the hope that is brightens someone’s day.